The historian

In The Historian, a young woman discovers an ancient book of letters. She plummets into a world of family secrets and unimaginable evils. Will she take up the

Historical fiction is the closest we can get to time-travel. Here are the 50 best historical fiction books out there, as well as our top 5 editor's choice picks.

men reading Odilon Redon, 'Alsace, or Monk reading' [source] Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Claude Monet Reading' [source] Peter Samuelson, 'Robin with friend and Trixie, 1952' [source] Georg Friedrich Kersting, 'Man Reading by Lamplight' [source] Girolamo Parmigianino, Portrait of a Man with a Book [source] Francois Vispre, 'Portrait of a Man Reading' [source] Yi Ming, 'Reading the Book "The Three Kingdoms" at Midnight' [source] Jan Kupecky, 'Portrait of a Man' [source] Henri Girault de Nolhac…

From Amazon.com: "If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova's long but beautifully structured thriller."

Every event in history has a unique story that has effected the world we live in now. Do you think you can pass this quiz?

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History books give you a way to learn about the past, but where to even start? Here's 22 books to get you started on learning about the world!

Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot) Agatha Christie Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

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